diff --git a/tests/system_tests/test_blueapi_system.py b/tests/system_tests/test_blueapi_system.py
index 8faa7be83..85ead2759 100644
--- a/tests/system_tests/test_blueapi_system.py
+++ b/tests/system_tests/test_blueapi_system.py
@@ -260,11 +260,16 @@ def test_get_current_state_of_environment(client: BlueapiClient):
     assert client.get_environment() == EnvironmentResponse(initialized=True)
 
 
-@disable_side_effects
+@pytest.xfail(
+    reason="""
+    client.reload_environment does not currently wait for the environment to fully
+    reload This causes the test to fail intermittently.
+    More details can be found in the related issue: https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/blueapi/issues/742.
+    """
+)
 def test_delete_current_environment(client: BlueapiClient):
     client.reload_environment()
 
-    # This should be removed after this issue is resolved https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/blueapi/issues/742
     time.sleep(1)
 
     @backoff.on_predicate(